Can we perform coronary artery bypass grafting on the basis of computed tomographic angiography alone? A comparison with conventional coronary angiography

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-638

  Bedi, Harinder Singh ^a   Gill, Jeet Amol Singh ^b   Bakshi, Sandeep Singh ^b  

^a Ludhiana Medical Hospital   (India)

^b Delta Heart Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Conventional coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649103614     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.12.039     Document Type: Article

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